Holden v. Herkimer
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Common Pleas Court of the city of Mattoon; the Hon. William W. Craddock, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
The writ of error in this case must be dismissed. Plaintiffs in error have not complied with the rules of court by filing a printed abstract, or one in manuscript, even, nor have they filed a printed brief. When cases are brought to this court, to be entitled to a hearing, they must be prepared substantially according to the rules of court, and when the rules are wholly disregarded in this respect, the court feel no inclination to so far depart from its rules as to consider and decide them.
But, independent of these considerations, we fail to find any law which confers upon this court…
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